I'm a new owner of the rather awesome Ether C headphones, and after lot of different pairings (Lehmann Black Cube, Fostex HP-P1, Justaudio AH120) I've settled on running them just with the Violectric V200. I've discovered that for me the combination is certainly transparent (plenty of the black background the V200 is known for) but much more significantly the amp gives the Ether Cs the weight and bass that can be a bit light - but there's no loss of accuracy, just a sense of solidity. There's also plenty of thrilling slam. I've tried using the HP-P1s with the amp solely as a DAC but find it becomes too ethereal. It runs off with itself. Funnily enough the only new component I'm toying with is the Chord Mojo as DAC - so wonder if you went in the end with that combination and whether it was nice. By way I find the Ether Cs infinitely better with the V200 than Audeze LCD2 Rev2. It's defintely a sweet match IMHO.